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Old 05-06-2006, 01:43 AM
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Originally Posted by anar579
This is a legitimate question. I took the American Gov't CLEP in Feb-06 thinking it was a Pass/Fail exam, and when I got home I realized it was graded, and I got a B. I really wanted an A!!!! I plan on retaking the exam after the 6 months required, but I just assumed they'd replace the B with the A, but now I don't know.

I'm sending advisement (yet another) e-mail asking this.

Ana,

When you request your transcript from CLEP, they will automatically report ONLY the HIGHEST score you received on each exam. It is as if the lower score never happened.

Similarly, Excelsior will register the highest score you received for the same exam on your transcript. If you took it last week and scored a 45, but then take the exact same exam in six months and score a 65, ONLY the 65 will count.

I scored a 68 on American Government and thought I had done fantastic. Then I noticed that Excelsior requires a whopping "69" for an 'A' on this course. As a result, I have one 'B' so far (even though a 68 would be a high 'A' on ANY other exam).

I intend to either retake the exam, or replace it with a different exam altogether (and suppress the AG score) so that I won't have a B on my transcript.

Another benefit of earning a degree through testing.
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Exams/Courses Passed (43):
- Courses (4): 1 Excelsior, 1 CSU-Pueblo, 2 Penn Foster.
- Exams (39): 24 DSST, 15 CLEP.

Total Credits: 142 (12 not used).
GPA: 4.0
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